” I think it’s a beautiful thing to have a Parish Nurse around to help someone who is alone , that needs help ; it doesn’t matter what age you are, you could be 10 or 90 , but we still need someone, especially when our mates are gone , whether you’re male or female , to know that there’s someone there to help you . Reassurance is the most important because everyone worries and don’t think they don’t , even if they say so , because they’re always going to the doctor’s and it’s so nice to know that you always have your Parish Nurse to talk to and help you . ” E.M.
“This past summer my husband became gravely ill and was air-lifted to the hospital. Since the world was in the middle of a pandemic, I couldn’t be with him. Parish Nursing volunteers at my parish learned about my husband and reached out the very next day to help me. What truly got my children and me through it all was the spiritual support the parish nurses gave. They checked in on my family every day. We would have been lost without them! They were truly a gift from God.”
For more information about Parish Nurse Ministry, please contact Andrea McManus, Director of Parish Nursing at 856-583-6120 or andrea.mcmanus@camdendiocese.org.
